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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
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People Groups

7,413

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,226,866,000

% of World Population

41.6 %

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Deaf West Bank / Gaza 38,000 Language unknown Islam ● 1.61 % ● 1
Bedouin, Arosien Western Sahara 7,700 Hassaniyya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Izarguien Western Sahara 35,000 Hassaniyya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Moor Western Sahara 53,000 Hassaniyya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Western Sahara 8,600 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ● 0.18 % 0.03 % 1
Regeibat Western Sahara 77,000 Hassaniyya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Saharawi Western Sahara 257,000 Hassaniyya Islam ☀ 0.04 % 0.00 % ● 5
Bedouin, Tajakant Western Sahara 5,900 Hassaniyya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Berber, Tekna Western Sahara 118,000 Tachelhit Islam ☀ 0.04 % 0.00 % 2
Imragen Western Sahara 24,000 Hassaniyya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Deaf Western Sahara 6,000 Language unknown Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Yemen 15,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Omani Yemen 151,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % 3
Muhamasheen, Akhdam Yemen 1,502,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 30
Arab, Egyptian Yemen 15,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Arab, Hadrami Yemen 1,905,000 Arabic, Hadrami Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 38
Hobyot Yemen 100 Hobyot Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 1
Arab, Iraqi Yemen 39,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Mahra Yemen 89,000 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % ● 2
Malay Yemen 43,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Palestinian Yemen 32,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Persian Yemen 22,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 12,990,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 260
Socotran Yemen 110,000 Soqotri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Somali Yemen 447,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % 9
Totals:  7,413 People Groups   3,226,866,000             68,294
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